Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-10-26

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Witness-To be ready with the carriage
at II O'Clock.
The Attorney General-You were ready?
Witness-Yes, sir.
The Attorney General-In what way did
you fix the time? BY guessing?
Witness-By my watch, sir-the best
timekeeper in London.
The Attorney General-At II O'Clock,
then, you were Oh the box, waiting for
your master?
Witness-Yes, sir.
The Attorney General-He came out to
you? ....
Witness-Yes, sir.
The Attorney General-Did he tell you
Immediately where to drive to?
Witness-Not Immediately, sir. He
stood with his hand on the carriage door,
and seemed to be considering.
The Attorney General-Did he remain
long considering?
Witness-For three or four minutes, sir,
which seemed q longish time.
The Attorney General-And then?
Witness-Then he told me to drive to
Finchley.
The Attorney General-What address
did he give you?
WitDess-None in particular, sir. He
said, 'Drive to Finchley, on the road to
High Barnet. will tell you when to stop"
The Attorney General-Well?
Witness-I drove as directed, and when
we were about midway between Finchley
and High Barnet he called to me to stop.
The Attorney General-Were you then
at the gate, or in front of any house?
Witness-No, sir. We were on the
high road and there was no house within
twenty yards Of us.
The Attorney General-Are you familiar
with tho locality?
Witness-No, sir, am not.
The Attorney General-You had never
driven your master there before?
Witness-Never, sir. >.
The Attorney General-Would you be
able to mark the point of stoppage on a
map of the road between Finchley and
High Barnet?
Witness-I will try, sir, but shouldn't
like to be positive.
"a map was here handed to the witness,
who, after careful study of it, made q
mark upon it with q pencil)
The Attorney General-You will not
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Witness-No, sir.
The Attorney General-But to the best
of your knowledge it is?
knowledge.
The Attorney General-The prisoner
called to you to stop. What then?
Witness-I drew up Immediately and he
got out.
The Attorney General-What were his
next instructions?
Witness-He told me to wait for him
and to turn the horses heads.
The Attorney General-Toward Lon
don?
Witness-Yes, sir.
The Attorney General-Did he say how
long he would be away?
Witness-About five CT ten minutes, he
said.
The Attorney General-In point of fact,
how long was it before he returned?
-Thirty-two minutes by my
watch.
The Attorney General-You always
time yourself?
Witness-Yes, sir, always; it's habit.
The Attorney General-Did he make
any remark upon his return about his be-
ing away longer than he expected?
Witness-No, sir; he seemed to be oc-
cupied with something.
The Attorney General-Occupied in
thinking Of something?
Witness-Yes, sir.
The Attorney General-When he left
you, in what direction did he 60?
Witness-He walked on toward High
Barnet till he came to O bend in the road
He went round that, and I lost sight of
him.
The Attorney Gereral-Did he return
the same way?
Witness-No, sir; he startled me bit.
The Attorney General-How?
Witness-I was looking out for him ID
the direction he had taken, when I sud.
denly heard him speak at my elbow.
The Attorney General-How do you ac-
count for it?
Witness-He must have taken n short
cut back across some fields. If l had
been ON my box might have seen him,
but I was standing in the road, and there
was hedge, more than man high, on the
side he came back to me.
The Attorney General-What did you
do when he reappeared?
Witness-1 prepared to start.
The Attorney General-Did he tell You
Immediately where to drive to?
Witness-No, sir. He stood consider
ing, just as he did when VIC first set out.
The Attorney Gencral-And then?
Witness-He told me to drive back the
way we had come, butt not to drive too
quickly.
The Attorney General-You did so?
Witness-Yes, sir.
The Attorney Gcncral-Where did you
next stop?
Midway between Finchley
and Crouch End.
The Attorney General-At house?
Witness-No, sir; at u part OF the road
where there were no houses.
The Attorney General-Hc called to you,
as before, to stop?
Witness-Yes, sir. He got out, and
said "Moorhouse, meet me here in about
an hour or an hour and u quarter" l
said, eyes, sir" and asked him whether
I should bait the horses ut an inn we had
passed half mile down the road. He did
not answer me, but walked quickly away.
The Attorney General-Can you say why
he did not answer you;
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hear me.
The Attorney Gcncral-You spoke dis
tinctly:
Witness-Yes, sir.
The Attorney Gencral-I1are you OBJ
served, at any time during your employ
n.cnt, that he was at all deaf?
Witness-No, sir; but he seemed, the
whole of that day, to have something on
his mind which kept him from thinking
of anything else, or attending to it.
The Attorney General-After he walked
quickly away, what did you do?
Witness-As l had more than an hour
to spare drove back to the inn Ispoke OF
and baited my horses, and had q bite of
bread and cheese myself.
The Attorney General-Anything to
drink:
Witness-A bottle Of ginger beer.
The Attorney General-Timing yourself
as usual, were you back on the spot you